Samsung provides an excellent upgrade for audio / videophiles with two new high-definition upconversion DVD players, the DVD-HD860 and the DVD-HD960.
Ideal for consumers who want to savor their existing DVD collections on new HD displays, the players utilize a digital process that upgrades standard DVD resolution to near high-definition quality with 1080i, 720p, and for the first time, 1080p. These models also feature a sleek design that complements Samsung's stylish HDTVs.
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Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. has begun shipping the world’s first 50” 1080p plasma display. The new Pioneer Elite® PureVision™ PRO-FHD1 is a technological milestone with images that burst off the display for a near 3-D effect.
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Panasonic have introduced the new HDTV Photo Player DMW-SDP1 that allows users to view photos taken by a LUMIX or other SD-enabled digital camera in High Definition quality on a large screen TV, such as Panasonic’s award winning line of Plasma TVs. The DMW-SDP1 will have an MSRP of $129.95.

Panasonic, the market and technology leader in Plasma TV, today announced U.S. pricing and availability of it’s much anticipated 103-inch diagonal High Definition Plasma TV – the world’s largest.
The TH-103PZ600U with 1080p capability will have an SRP of $69,999.95 and is expected to be available for delivery in time for Christmas 2006. It will also offer a three-year in-home limited warranty*, unprecedented in the industry.
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Imation Corp have announced the availability of its Blu-ray media to major IT and data storage channel partners at its "Blue Technology" conference.
Imation designed the conference and tour of its new advanced optical manufacturing facility at Imation world headquarters in Oakdale, Minn. to educate Imation channel partners on blue-laser optical technologies, and their application for high definition media in the enterprise.
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